David Hengst is manager of project management office at METSO OUTOTEC.
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HELSINKI, Finland - The future Metso Outotec Board of Directors has decided on the planned company structure and the related Executive Team appointments. The nominations become effective after the closing of the partial demerger of Metso and the combination of Metso’s Minerals business and Outotec, which is currently expected to take place on June 30, 2020, subject to the receipt of all required regulatory and other approvals, including competition clearances.
Metso announced changes to its executive team on Jan. 2, 2020.
Kalle Sipilä has been appointed President, Pumps business area and a member of Metso’s executive team from Jan. 2 onwards. Previously, he has been operationally in charge of the Pumps business area in addition to his role as head of Finance and Business Control of the Minerals Services business area.
LISBON, Portugal - Metso’s valve business, future Neles Corporation, will establish two new service centers in Lisbon, Portugal, and in the Mulhouse area, France, to increase its valves’ service availability and presence close to customers. Service centers offer valve repair services as well as predictive maintenance services, e.g. digitalized process diagnostic services and shutdown planning, to help customers to increase their plant reliability.
Stephan W. Kirsch has been appointed President, Mining Equipment business area and a member of Metso’s Executive Team as of Aug. 1, 2019.
Kirsch joined Metso in 2018, and he currently works as senior vice president, business and product management in the mining equipment business area.
The current president of Metso’s mining equipment business area and member of Metso’s executive team, Victor Tapia, will take on another internal assignment before leaving the company.
Metso and Outotec have agreed to combine Metso Minerals and Outotec to create a company in process technology, equipment and services serving the minerals, metals and aggregates industries. The combined company, comprising Metso Minerals and Outotec (but excluding Metso Flow Control), will be named “Metso Outotec.” It had combined sales of 3.9 billion pounds in 2018 (approximately 4.2 billion pounds including the impact of the recently announced acquisition of McCloskey by Metso).
HELSINKI, Finland - Metso’s Board of Directors has defined its view on the company’s portfolio strategy and has decided that the businesses under the Minerals and Flow Control segments will be further developed separately from each other.
HELSINKI – Metso Corporation has named Nico Delvaux President and CEO, effective at the beginning of November 2017 at the latest.
Delvaux is currently senior executive vice president for Atlas Copco AB and business area president for Compressor Technique. Delvaux will replace current President and CEO Matti Kähkönen, who will act as a senior advisor to Metso’s Board of Directors until his retirement.
PITTSBURGH (Feb. 27, 2017)—Metso will develop the next generation of its flow control equipment faster and more economically under a new agreement with ANSYS that expands its access to engineering simulation software and services.
HELSINKI (Aug. 11, 2014) – Metso has successfully delivered more than 70 globe valves for Phase II of the Longyu Coal project in Henan for the production of 400,000 tons of acetic acid/year and 200,000 tons of ethylene glycol/year. The valves have been installed, and their operation in extreme conditions has been successful.
PETERBOROUGH, England (July 1, 2014) – Metso has signed an agreement with Babcock & Wilcox Vølund to supply automation for a greenfield energy-from-waste plant in Peterborough, U.K.
HELSINKI (June 4, 2014) – Metso has been awarded four repeat orders from the CNIM group to supply automation to greenfield plants in France and the U.K., thus reaching a record number of 12 orders received from CNIM for similar projects since 2011.
(April 28, 2014)—Metso will supply Neles globe valve technology to Abu Dhabi Oil Refinery Company's (TAKREER) chemical refining complex in in the United Arab Emirates. The deliveries will include hundreds of Metso's Neles Globe control and on-off valves. Most of the control valves are equipped with Neles ND9000 intelligent valve controllers (FOUNDATION Fieldbus) for performance follow-up and predictive maintenance.
(Jan. 22, 2014) – To respond to the growing global demand for reliable valve technology, Metso has decided to build a new green-field global valve technology center in Chungju, South Korea. The investment will strengthen Metso’s control valve and service capabilities for customers in the oil & gas and power industries, both locally and globally. The new facility will be ready to begin global deliveries in September 2014.
AL JUBAIL, Saudi Arabia (Jan. 17, 2014) – Metso has received significant orders for its Neles and Jamesbury valves from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company. The valves will be delivered for Sadara's fully integrated chemicals complex currently under construction in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Metso received these orders during 2013.
ESSEN, Germany (Dec. 16, 2013) – Metso has signed a Letter of Intent with KRAFTWERKSSCHULE E.V. (KWS) of Essen, Germany, to develop virtual training in plant automation for power plant operators. The target of the cooperation is to create training concepts with Metso's training simulators and to build a process and automation laboratory in the KWS facilities.
HELSINKI (Nov. 4, 2013) – Grupa Lotos S.A. chose Metso's Device Management Solution to optimize its valve spare parts stocking and supply. As part of the contract, Metso will also provide its On-site Supervising Service at the Gdańsk refinery so as to ensure that daily maintenance and turnaround activities always meet the high standards set by Grupa Lotos. The contract value has not been disclosed.
HELSINKI (Nov. 4, 2013) – GS Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (GS E&C), has chosen Metso to supply automation for the Dangjin 4 Biomass Power Plant, currently under construction in Dangjin City, about 70 km southwest of Seoul in South Korea. Once completed in 2015, the 105 MW plant will be the largest of its kind in Asia.
(Oct. 14, 2013) – Metso has won a large order for intelligent valve controllers from Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company for its 20 million ton-per-year, heavy crude processing project. The preliminary estimated quantity is over 4,000 units, including the ND7000 series standard, intrinsically safe, and explosion-proof models.
HELSINKI (Oct. 1, 2013) – Metso Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) approved the Board of Directors' proposed plan for partial demerger and decided to demerge Metso into two companies. Metso's Pulp, Paper and Power business will be transferred to the new company, Valmet Corporation, and Mining and Construction and Automation business will remain part of Metso.
HELSINKI (Sept. 23, 2013) – Metso will supply Oskarshamn Energi with a complete biomass-fired power plant for combined heat and power production in Oskarshamn in Sweden. The start-up of the plant is scheduled for winter 2015. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
HELSINKI, Finland (Sept. 19, 2013) – Metso's automation business has been recognized by the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Technical Association (ABTCP) with the award of "Top supplier of automation for the pulp and paper industry." The voting phase included professionals from the sector and a strict technical evaluation of the candidates. The awards, regarded as the most prestigious in the pulp and paper segment in Brazil, have been organized by ABTCP for the past 12 years.